[TriLUG] TV Tuner, Linux, and QAM

John Turner ukcsgrad89 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 13 08:40:11 EDT 2009


If you have an iPod touch or iPhone you can get this app
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=286015711
to check the signal strength as you move the antenna. It costs $3 now, I got
it a long time ago when it was free.

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Bill Farrow <bill at arrowsreach.com> wrote:

> Hi Jason,
> I have used the HD HomeRun with TimeWarner cable tv and I can get the
> standard broadcast channels like NBC, WRAL, UNC.  I have never had an
> analog tuner or TV so I can't comment on what channels, if any, that I
> was missing out on.
>
> I have now using an internal antenna and I seem to be getting more
> channels over-the-air than I did with TWC. My HDHomeRun now sits
> beside the antenna upstairs and I run CAT5 down to my router/switch,
> eliminating the signal losses from long coaxial cables.
>
> HDHomeRun has a small GUI app for tuning channels and displaying
> signal strength bars.  This was really useful for positioning the
> antanna in order to get max signal strength.
>
> Bill
>
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Jason Evans <jsevans at mises.com> wrote:
> > Bill,
> >
> > The HD HomeRun may be exactly what I'm looking for.  I basically want to
> > avoid using my roommate's Time Warner DVR and getting a tv tuner card to
> be
> > able to do the same.  So I guess here's my next question.  Do you use
> your
> > HD HomeRun with Time Warner and if so, what stations can you get?
> >
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Jason Evans
> >
> > http://jsevans.us
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Bill Farrow <bill at arrowsreach.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Scott G. Hall
> >> <ScottGHall at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >> > Jason Evans wrote:
> >> >> $100, be able to record to HDD like a DVR/PVR and be able to
> >> watch/record
> >> >> digital cable stations as well.  The big question is about the card
> >>
> >> Hi Jason,
> >> You might want to clarify your requirements a little.  Do you want to
> >> record:
> >>
> >> 1. Analog Cable TV channels
> >> 2. Un-encrypted Digital Cable TV channels (QAM)
> >> 3. Encrypted Digital Cable TV channels (QAM)
> >> 4. Over the Air (OTA) Digital TV channels (ATSC)
> >> 5. Analog VCR Player using OTA coax (NTSC)
> >> 5. Analog VCR Player using RCA video/audio cables (NTSC)
> >>
> >> My HD HomeRun does items 2 & 4, and works well with MythTV.  Because
> >> Digital TV is sent in mpeg2 format there is no CPU encoding required.
> >>
> >> Have a look at the MythTV wiki hardware list:
> >>    http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Category:Video_capture_cards
> >>
> >> Bill
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